Hoax call triggers search for bomb on New Delhi-Bengaluru train

BENGALURU : Massive security checks were carried out post 1 am on Wednesday, inside the Karnataka Express from New Delhi, at all stations en route within the South Western Railway (SWR) Zone, following a hoax call warning to kill passengers inside the train, as soon as it entered the state.

An alert on the call was received by the Government Railway Police (GRP) in Karnataka from the Railway Control Room in Agra on Tuesday evening. The caller added that one of his male relatives on board the train had explosives in his possession.